1998 Pontiac Sunfire GT from North America - Comments

I have a 2002 pontiac sunfire. My passenger window takes about a week to put it up. It goes maybe 1/4 millimeter every few hours. Literally takes weeks to put it up if someone puts it down. Now my drivers window sometimes quits if down all the way. You need to wait about 15 minutes to put it up. It's freezing in the am and I can't stand this. What do I need to replace?

I have a 95 sunfire four door that has never been anything, but good to me. It now has 361 000 KM on it and is still running like a top. I've only had to do regular maintenance to it ie: brakes, plugs and wires, oil, muffler. I just recently replaced the alternator - which cost $25 at a wrecker. You simply cannot beat these cars if you look after them- and parts are cheap if you're unfortunate enough to need them. The wrecker yards are littered with these and parts typically work right through from the older sunfires to the new, for the most part.

This year I bought myself an Impala in order to give the poor old sunfire some much deserved rest, and have a bit nicer ride for highway driving, but it is still performing great as my girlfriends means of transportation now. Way to go GM!

I have a 1998 Sunfire GT I just threw a rod through the block. It cost me a abundance amount of money to get it replaced. Since I bought the car a 1 1/2 yrs ago my security light has been on and my horn doesn't work?!? Also my engine mounts are starting to knock now pretty hard when I put it in to gear.: (I can't afford any more repairs paid $3000 for it and just put another $2800 into the new engine. I have too much money into this piece of crap. I will never buy another Pontiac Sunfire in my life.

Decent at best, well not even that good maybe.

Passenger window will get stuck down every other time. Car sputters and almost dies when first started (98 sunfire GT) this is not due to neglect might I add... smells like gas lately, parts falling off literally, that means? Yeah it has good power, blah, blah, blah...Too many sad stories. I also have a 1988 Mazda MX-6 that old piece is almost 400,000km, no major repairs ever! It will outlast the Sunfire no doubt...

Why do these cars suck so bad? If you have had no problems yet... BE PATIENT...

I have a 1998 Sunfire GT with 170,000 km. Found out that my leaking water pump will cost $1000 to fix. The shop guy said that if it had been the 2.2l instead of the 2.4l it would only cost $250. Likewise, I had to replace the manual transmission - again they said "too bad you didn't go for the 2.2l engine - much more reliable". Overall bad engineering in so many respects. The 2.2l engine apparently has much less problems - don't buy the GT.

I have a 2003 Sunfire GT, and have had a few problems, mostly with the power windows. I've had the motor replaced for each window 3-4 times since I've owned the car. The last time I went with an after market motor, and so far, it seems to be working better.

Hi! I own a 98 Pontiac Sunfire GT.

My oil pressure light came on. Before it did, it flashed off and on, then went solid a week after I changed the oil! I also tried to reset it by turning the car power on and pushed on the gas pedal down 3 times to reset it, but no luck and now it sounds like a military Humvee, and has a loss of power.

Any answers would be appreciated!

I own a Pontiac 1998 and the engine light goes on once in a while. I checked all the fluids and all are fine. What should I do next? I'm all bummed out.

I'm looking to buy my friends 1998 Sunfire and the engine has 130000 miles on it, but the trannie has 200000 so I'm worried about that how long do transmissions last?? Other than that, there are no other problems.

We have a 1999 Pontiac Sunfire with the big engine (2.2 I think), and after 106,000 miles the rear brakes are locking up and it looks like the front brakes are not working 100%... Any ideas what can it be?

I did the pads and rotor change about 6 months ago. Other than that, the usual; power windows do not work, a small leak some where on the head and the fuel gauge works from the full line to half a tank; after that it goes back to full.

When it rains it also runs rough for a while. We turn it off for a while and then it's fine. No error code, but last week only for a minute the ABS light came on.

I most say that the car has been in a front head collision and a rear end collision, so this car is a good one. We only changed the alternator once, battery 3 times and regular maintenance. The little sensor connected to the intake rubber arm as well was changed...

Damn, I think I got hacked like you guys. I bought a 1998 Sunfire GT for 700 bucks. It has 185000KM on it. It does look pretty good though, it was repainted and it has double exhausts worth close to $1000. It does have a lot of power. But the first night I bought it, I was already experiencing problems. Let me start down the list.

I started leaking coolant everywhere when I got home. It all emptied itself out. It seems to be the hose, but who knows. I doubt it.

The gas line seems to be leaking. It was leaking all over the place when I bought. I paid a mechanic $50 to replace a part of the gas line. It seemed to fix the problem, but when I got home, it started to leak again. So I probably need to change the gas lines.

The driver's window doesn't go up anymore, it takes a lot of time. I'm having trouble with the key.

So these are the problems I'm experiencing. I'm really starting to wonder if I should put any more money into this, or if I should sell this for 400 or something, and get some small safe car. Any advice would be much appreciated.